Sunday, April 02, 2006

Stitch pattern: In conclusion

Do you remember the checklist I gave you at the beginning of these posts on "Stitch patterns". Well, I recently reviewed and observed that I had not supplied you with a list of sources for stitch patterns as I had promised. So this posts sets out to rectify this omission.
On the web
Goggling "stitch patterns" yielded this site: http://knittingabout.com/library/blstitches.htm
It is definitely worth a look. It supplies a broad range of stitch patterns that are well organized.
On www.needleartsbookshop.com
There are many fine books. I found two on stitch patterns:
200 Knitted Blocks by Jan Eaton
365 Knitting Stitches a Year Perpetual Calendar by Martingale
I am sure there are many more to discover. So go, shop, enjoy.
At Amazon (www.amazon.com)
I toddled on over to Amazon. I was looking for strictly stitch pattern books. I found these four books:
'450 Knitting Stitches - Volumne 2 (Harmony Guide)'
'Big Book of Knitting Stitch Patterns' by Inc. Sterling Publishing Co.
'The Knitting Stitch Bible' by Maria Parry-Jones
'Beautiful Knitting Patterns' by Gisela Klopper
I apologize, I can not recommend any. Although, their helpful information on the Amazon site which can aide in the selection.
It is interesting to note that the selection grows more vast if you broaden it to books that include stitch patterns as a subgroup.
On my bookshelf
Even though this book was published in 1963 it is my most recent acquisition. It was given to me with a wealth of other knitting treasures. The price was right. You can't beat free. The information is interesting and not dated. ...can stitch patterns date? Although the "800" may be slight misnomer. ...but who frankly cares? So I would advice you to hunt through old chests and used bookstores.

This book was published in 1997 though I bought in 2002 or 3. The patterns included where dated for 1997. Once again who cares? What I am interested in is the stitch patterns. Remember, I prefer stitch patterns which do not exceed four rows. Sadly, there are not many of these in this book.
This book was published in 2004. It has a whole chapter expressly for me: Simple Stitch Library. It was also on sale. So how can you lose. Later chapters are also alluring.
I have limited this book review to strictly stitch pattern books. I do have more books that just happen to include stitch patterns between their covers.

Next post: selecting a book to replace KnitLit III

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